July 8th, 2021
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on the impact that California’s historic drought has had upon its hydroelectric generation: As a result of harsh drought conditions in California in 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the state’s hydroelectric generation to be lower in 2021 than it has been in recent years. In the first […]
Read more »Water-Energy Nexus of Water and Wastewater Service in Lebanon
July 1st, 2021
Via American University of Beirut, a paper on the watergy nexus of water and wastewater service in Lebanon: Though well established and understood by practitioners, policy-makers ignore the interrelation between energy and water when developing energy and water policies, known as the water-energy nexus This has led to the rise of complex challenges, especially in Lebanon, due to […]
Read more »June 26th, 2021
Via Third Pole, a report on how successive droughts in recent years have caused a power crisis in Cambodia, prompting the government to rapidly invest in and build coal and oil plants: In a span of two years, two big generators and a protective fence have been erected in what once used to be a […]
Read more »China Hydropower Puts Pressure On Red River Communities
May 28th, 2021
Via Third Pole.net, an article on the impact of China’s cascade of Red River dams on people in Vietnam: Every day, fisher Nguyen Thi Nan and her husband drop traps into the Red River in the city of Lao Cai. They hope to catch fish and prawns at this point in the river, near the […]
Read more »May 19th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a look at the power struggle between the Taliban and the Afghan government over Kajaki Dam: In the heart of territory under siege from the Taliban, one of Afghanistan’s most important hydroelectric dams is at the centre of a power struggle that symbolises the battle between the government and insurgents. Kajaki Dam, […]
Read more »Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move
March 19th, 2021
Via Wired, a report on how covering waterways would, in a sense, make solar panels water-cooled, boosting their efficiency: PEANUT BUTTER AND jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more powerful: solar panels and canals. What if instead of leaving canals open, letting the sun evaporate the water […]
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